The case against education : why the education system is a waste of time and money
Caplan, Bryan Douglas, 1971-2018
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Despite being immensely popular - and immensely lucrative - education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity - in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As and casually forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing access to education have not resulted in better jobs for the average worker but instead in runaway credential inflation, how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely if ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy. Caplan draws on the latest social science to show how the labour market values grades over knowledge, and why the more education your rivals have, the more you need to impress employers.
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Author:
Caplan, Bryan Douglas, 1971-, author
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]©2018
Collation:
xiv, 395 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691174655 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1130004
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